<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue> <DIV>Hello Jim,  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>They did not indicate a range on this one. Most of the time it's well under 50K, especially for this type of position, which is under a "senior technician". My guess is it will be more like 35K to 45K. Some positions start out low, yet can be brought up with good work and communication skills, but that's only if you're working with good folks. Sounds like Jeff's situation at USC was not working out at all well that way! Mine really has. My salary is 2K lower than his, but my take home is about $100 a month more, but I have felt well compensated. I think housing here must be about as cheep as anywhere in the country. I don't have a formal system for time I put in, but the general understanding is it should average out. I work pretty long hours at times, but I can take off some comp time too. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Most Public schools are looking at serious funding problems due to the recession. I imagine it will be lean times for many of us for a few years at least. That may impact private sector work too, at least for some...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One thing we've got to keep in mind while looking at what appear to be low salaries when compared to private sector work is retirement, insurance, vacation time, holiday time etc... It took a while, but I now have 3 1/2 weeks of paid vacation time (and it's about to be 4). One of those weeks is just about to start--hurray! Hmm... maybe it has, come to think of it... That's another benefit. I' guess I'm being paid for this ;)  I also get a week off between Christmas and New Years, and another 3 days off for Spring Break, plus 3 days off for Thanksgiving week, 3 Monday holidays, more sick days than I'll ever use, etc...  and all of that is paid! I've heard that it costs the average University nearly twice our salary to actually employ us. I'm sure it varies, but I can well imagine that we would need to net nearly twice our salaries in a private practice to end up even. That's net, as in after car expenses, supplies, phone expenses, shop expenses, etc... You can't just look at your salary versus what you can put in your pocket after a day of tuning in the real World.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yes, it does seem like there have been a lot of openings the last few years, but I've still heard from some techs looking for positions that are not getting interviews, so apparently there is still a decent pool of techs applying for these positions.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All the best, and happy weekend, all! </DIV> <DIV>Scott</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim Busby Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 12:30 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Louisiana State SOM Position </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=Section1> Scott,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> What so you think the salary might be? I know, it depends… <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Seems like all these full time CAUT jobs are around 50K give or take 5K or so. I know there’s no way to know that info, but Jeff’s post really got me to thinking. What should a fulltime CAUT make? What do other “professionals” who do high level service type jobs make? Seems like a lot of openings lately.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jim Busby<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Scott E. Thile Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:29 AM To: '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName>' Subject: [CAUT] <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> SOM Position<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Scott, would you please post this add on the CAUT website?Bradley <o:p></o:p> <DIV> Hello Folks,<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> This just in, I assume for the website, but thought I would send it to the list as well.<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> All the best, Scott<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> -----Original Message----- From: Bradley M. 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